Liverpool must not ‘shy away’ from slave trade past, says museum chief

Michelle Charters: ‘Tonnes of conversations need to be had in terms of the impact we still feel from transatlantic slavery.’ Photograph: Pete Carr

Liverpool must not “shy away” from its historic involvement in the transatlantic slave trade, the organiser of the city’s 25th Slavery Remembrance Day commemoration has said.

Michelle Charters, who is leading Liverpool’s events for Unesco’s Slavery Remembrance Day, said it was important to address and recognise the city’s tarnished history.